How Often Should We Praise God

"Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws."  Psalms 119:164 (NIV)

The author of this psalm stated that he praised The Lord seven times each day.  Some Bible scholars take this literally to mean seven times a day.  While others suggest that the number seven is used here as a statement of perfection or completion, and therefore it means an attitude of continual praise.

How often should we praise The Lord?  The Prophet Ezra stated that The Lord should be praised every morning and every evening. (1 Chronicles 23:30)  King David said that he would praise The Lord "at all times" and then he said that he would continually speak praise unto The Lord. (Psalms 34:1)  An unknown author said that we should praise The Lord from this time forth and for evermore. (Psalms 115:18)  Another unknown author said that he would praise The Lord as long as he was alive. (Psalms 146:2)  It is my belief that most believers praise The Lord twice a day, in the morning upon waking and in the evening just before bedtime.  It is also my firm belief that most believers do not praise Him seven times each day.  It is also my belief that very few of us, if any of us, praise The Lord continually, all day long.  The Bible says that The Lord is to be praised from sun rise until sun set, literally all day long, or every waking moment of every day. (Psalms 113:3)  All of us fall short of this.  We all need to praise The Lord more often.  We need to get ready and practice praising Him, because that is what we will spend eternity doing in heaven. (Revelation 5:13)